Straggler

Don't get me wrong, my point is that they are both full of crap. Just that they in this instance are full of opposing crap. Should the news be good or bad if the source is a tabloid I will treat it as false.

Is this out on the same day that the Sun is reporting RDM will be at his desk in 2 days and is looking forward to working with Dr x. The press is full of crap. They can't both be right but they just print away anyway.

I don't hate the guy, I feel a bit sorry for him as he really seems to be really struggling for confidence. However I will feel much more sorry for myself if he is starting in goal for us next season. He is too big a risk for my tastes and should be replaced.

I just want this done so we can move on to properly speculating about the players we might sign. The quality of my FIFA 2017 team is the real endgame for all this.

Dr X has stated that his main objective from owning the Villa is to improve football in China. This 100% aligns with the known policy of the Chinese government. Am I wrong to draw a line between those two things?

Tony is a Stark change from Lerner and I'm sure he will be an ironclad guarantee of success. I can't wait to see the team that he assembles.

I would have thought that Pearson's odds may have lengthened given his controversy at Leicester with his son. I know it is unfair to tarnish him with the actions of his son, but if you are looking to make Villa the biggest club in China it will surely have an impact on his suitability?

Holy good god that was a leaving letter and a half. Utter drivel. I guess all that money means you can buy the really good stuff to smoke.

Would love to see the faces of the fans as they crack one of them open for the first time. However they are philipeano are they not?

For my money this is why King and Bernie left. Lerner is behaving like the club is already sold and someone else is making all the decisions. Well we aint sold yet and we have seen before that until we are that it can all fall through. I think King & Bernie wanted to keep running the club properly until the deal was finalised so we are still in a reasonable position should it not work out. Lerner has bet the farm on selling so has to all intents and purposes stopped. Just stopped everything. If he can't sell we are so boned it is untrue. I can see why King & Bernie thought their position was untenable. No one in their right mind would run a business like this, but.... Lerner.

Don't worry, Ayew is looking decent, Black will have to get him off before he creates something

They need OGS in charge so he can shout shoot at them the whole time

Yes, yes and yes again, I would room 101 those things. If we truly are going to escape them in the Championship then I'm all for staying down there, it is a price worth paying.

My problem with this argument is the idea that Pearson was a ball buster at Leicester. He didn't go in there and transform the bad attitude players by throwing his weight around. What he did was exactly what you say you want to happen, he got rid of the trouble makers. He actually got a fair bit of flack from the fans because some of the people with bad attitudes were considered the more talented and the people he brought in with better attitudes were unknown or considered less capable. One of his main priorities was creating a strong team ethic and anyone who wasn't on board was ditched regardless of reputation or talent. I'm not denying that he thinks of himself as a bit of a tough guy, and if all you look at is the surface then this is all you will see. However if you look at what he actually did beyond the headlines and soundbites he stops looking like a mindless sergeant major and more like the sort of man we need now. All that said my first choice is Moyes, but I shall not be devastated if Pearson comes in.

Lerner couldn't find his own arse with both hands and a map. The idea of any negotiations stalling because the people failed his screwed up idea of the fit and proper persons test really worries me.

God no, can't be having with Jon Snow, he knows nothing.

The plan is brainless. Get it wide and cross it to Ayew on his own.

Bingo, we have a winner! ;-)

I think you just picked the first two subs that Black will make.....

West Ham have offered £31m to Marseille for Michy Batshuayi according to the Grauniad. That new TV deal kicking in then, or is that what you can afford when you get a brand new massive stadium for chump change?

We aren't that far off £25m now. My bet is sold for a single pound after administration.

If it is indeed true that we are up for sale for 40 odd million it is the clearest indicator yet just how hopeless Lerner is. He has sunk hundreds of millions into the club whilst in real terms halving the value of it. It is so spectacular that you imagine a deliberate act of malice would be less effective. He isn't going to get back 10% of the money he has invested and he has earned every penny. His relatives must be so ashamed of him.

You are not alone. I've been doing the sames since I heard his name.

The problem with Chinese owners is half a season later you want another one.

Don't know. I'm not Pearson. However as a precedent for what he will try to do it seems reasonable.